These are certainly unique and challenging times in which we are living.
Our world changed in many ways after the events of September 11. We went from feeling safe to feeling that problems could always be lurking in the next corner. Safeguards have been put in place and overall, we have seen nothing to rival the terror that gripped the United States as happened on that fateful Tuesday morning in September 2001.
The year 2020 has produced a different set of challenges and difficulties. The coronavirus produced a global pandemic that shows little sign of stopping anytime soon. At the same time, incidents of racial inequality have poured gasoline into the tensions that have increased in our country since its inception nearly 250 years ago.
Sport is supposed to be the toy section of life. It is where we go to deviate from the daily problems that worry us, our family and our friends. Our website, Bucknuts.com, builds on the passion that Ohio State fans have for the Buckeyes.
In all honesty, though, it’s pretty evident that the 2020 college football season, and the fate of an Ohio State team that many believe could be a national championship contender, hangs in the balance. Recent spikes in coronavirus cases in the US have questioned whether it’s safe for men ages 18-22 to play a heavy touch game for the entertainment of fans, who would largely be watching miles away on television. .
On Monday, Pete Thamel of YahooSports.com said there is “virtually no chance” of college football this fall.
Last week, the Big Ten took the dramatic step of announcing that their teams will not be playing opponents without a conference during the 2020 regular season. Rather, the conference plans to introduce a new 10-game schedule for each school. Kevin Warren, who has just replaced Jim Delany as conference commissioner, revealed the plan last Thursday.
I consider this conference decision as a last resort. The next step after playing just a conference schedule, to me, seems to be not playing a season at all. Warren admitted it last week.
“This is not fait accompli We will have sports in the fall, ”said Warren. “We may not have a college football season in the Big Ten. We wanted to make sure this was the next logical step. “
Warren added: “Today is an interesting day, to say the least. There were many hours in these decisions ”.
OSU Athletic Director Gene Smith was forthright in his opinion on the current weather.
“I am really concerned,” Smith said. “When you look at the behavior of our country, in May we were on a downward trajectory. Now, if we are not the worst in the world, we are one of the worst in the world. “
